Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] stood [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 2 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 3 | There the rise and swell of incomprehensible Latin seemed to have a grandeur that aroused the spirit of poetry in the Gaels , as if they stood on a rocky shore communing with the waves . |
| 4 | The crimson rope-lights still held him , so that he was forced to go on down the slope until they stood before the terrible dwelling place of the necromancer . |
| 5 | He brushed aside new-bursting buds that slapped at his face , until he stood by the rust-eaten iron gates , watching the hearse accelerate down the road . |
| 6 | with the ineffable modesty that , because he stood in the direct line of the Apostolic Succession , he had a better right to preach the Gospel and to administer the Sacraments , and was more a minister of Christ than Dr Dale or Mr Spurgeon or Henry Ward Beecher … what could they do but laugh ? |
| 7 | The Tunisian government confirmed on Sept. 11 that , while it stood by the unanimous March 1990 Arab League decision to transfer the headquarters to Cairo [ see p. 37334 ] , the move to speed up the transfer " could hamper this body and prevent it from shouldering its responsibility " . |
| 8 | It was once full of treasures , but all I could think about as I stood on the battlemented roof , looking out over the Aegean , was that a disciple of Christ 's had sat in his cell in a little monastery half-way up the hill recording the extraordinary revelations he had been vouchsafed . |
| 9 | As I stood on the tufted grass , surrounded by natural beauty , I felt as if I 'd come to another world |
| 10 | Mr and Mrs Smith , the benign proprietors , were always good to me , giving me a lolly or a ‘ black jack ’ every time I shopped there , and I was looking forward to the treat as I stood behind a small queue masking the counter . |
| 11 | She was defeated when she stood as a National Labour candidate in 1931 . |
| 12 | As she stood on the crimson carpet , hesitating , the chandeliers suddenly flashed on , dispelling the gloom . |
| 13 | As she stood in the dark chapel , listening to the priest 's murmured prayers , the empty , depressed feeling intensified . |
| 14 | Emily sighed as she stood in the shabby kitchen . |
| 15 | In the branch of the Banco dell'Annunziazione a girl , whose face was a mask of disappointment nobly borne and from whose carmined lips dangled a cigarette miraculously balancing a tube of ash , clattered calculations as she stood before an upright typewriter and , in less time than she had expected , Molly was in possession of a mound of hundred thousand lire notes . |
| 16 | I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street . |
| 17 | I asked as we stood outside the front door of Green 's Hotel . |
| 18 | The other two men were hit by the two gunmen as they stood on a nearby footpath at the spot where black taxis operate up and down Belfast 's Falls Road . |
| 19 | As they stood by the covered courtyard Hennessy said , ‘ Remember , please , not a word to anybody . |
| 20 | A six inch deep channel of water still flowed over their wader clad feet as they stood in a rough circle looking down at something in the mud . |
| 21 | At least 13 protesters were killed , most of them run over by tanks as they stood in a human cordon trying to defend the building , and 230 were injured ; a soldier also died , shot by one of his own men . |
| 22 | The ‘ Snap ’ camera was used with the supplied software , ( not suitable as it stood for the required measuring instrument ) . |
| 23 | Poacher Marino Malerba , 35 , shot a stag dead as it stood on an overhanging rock in Trento , Italy . |
| 24 | His heart thumped as he stood on the Yugoslav border and stared through the night at the nearby fields in Hungary . |
| 25 | ‘ So you are writing about those things , ’ another Israeli said as he stood in a narrow , shaded lane . |
| 26 | No wonder Mosley was smiling as he stood in the cast council chamber . |
| 27 | As he stood in the drizzling rain he welcomed it : the contrast in temperature was huge compared with Helsinki . |
| 28 | As he stood in the torrential rain , and peered this way and that , the Mason and Garvey stood with their arms round each other 's shoulders , in the doorway of the inn , watching him in puzzled amusement . |
| 29 | It had seemed to him that her eyes looked right into his as he stood in the darkened hall , staring into the room . |
| 30 | Dowd shivered with unease as he stood in the plain hallway of the Tower , knowing that somewhere nearby was the largest collection of magical writings gathered in one place outside the Vatican , and that amongst them would be many rituals for the raising and dispatching of creatures like himself . |